African American Artists



African American Artists

African Americans

Whereas painted historical scenes of the African-American past, African-inspired sculpture, and ethnic murals were almost mandated art forms for professional artists during the Harlem Renaissance, a number of significant folk artists produced noteworthy work during the 1930s. Some of the major talents among them were William Edmondson, Leslie Garland Bolling, and Horace Pippin.

Folk art emerged predominately from the work of slaves, and it includes such forms as wood carving, grave decoration, quilting, pottery, and iron works. Thus, folk artists were not, in the main, products of urban areas. They were born in and created their ...